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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FERST, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BARBERS CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,014, dated January20, 1891..

Application filed February 8, 1890- Serizrl No. 339,681. (No model.) 7

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin barbers chairs; and it consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

The objects of my invention are to provide a means whereby thefoot-support and front of the chair can be slightly tilted up for thepurpose of permitting the chair to be freely revolved without changingthe position of the base; to pivot the foot-support so that a personoccupyingthe chair can adjust it into any desired position,and toprovide a means whereby the back of the chair can be adj usted to anydesired angle, according to the position the barber wishes the person inthe chair to assume.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of achair which embodies myinvention. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of a foot-rest and its attachments. Fig. 3 is aninverted plan View of the entire chair. Fig. 4 is a detached perspectiveof the yoke upon which the chair is journaled.

A represents the legs, and 13 the body, of the chair.

The back 0 of the chair is pivoted between the two arms D at anysuitable distance above its lower corners, so as to be adjusted into anyangle desired. Recessed in the back of the chair are the two ratchetedsegments E, between which is pivoted the lever F. Passing endwisethrough the lever is the spring-actuated catch G, which engages withratchets E, and thus locks the hackin any desired position. In the outerend of the lever is placed a screw-nut H, through which the rod of thecatch passes and which can be adjusted so as to give the catch a greateror less amount of movement, as may be desired. The ratchets upon theplates E are shaped so that when the back 0 is thrown forward the catchG will freely slip over them without being operated; but when it isattempted to throw the back backward the catch G engages the shouldersof the ratchets and will not slip over them, thus locking the backagainst any backward movement without first operating the catch, butallowing it to be moved forward without the necessity of operating thecatch G. Pivoted to the lower edge of the lever F is a supporting rod orlever I, which is pivoted at its lower end to a plate or casting J,which is secured to thelower edge of the back of the chair-body B. Thisrod or lever I supports the whole weight which is brought to bear uponthe back of the chair.

Extending across the bottom of the seat is the yoke L, which is providedwith suitable journals at each of its ends, and which journals havetheir hearings in boxes N, which are secured to the chair-body.Projecting downwardly from the center of the yoke L is the pivot O,which is supported in'a socket formed in the top of the chair-base forthis purpose, and upon this pivot the whole chair is turned withoutrevolving the legs or changing their positionin any respect. Projectingrearward from the center of the yoke L and at right angles thereto isthe slotted arm P, and secured to the under side of the chair B andextending down at each side of the said arm are the two bearings Q. Ashaft R has its inner end passed through the slot in the arm P andjournaled in the bearings Q, and is provided with a cam S, that engagesthe top and bottom walls 'of the said slot, whereby the chair ispositively tilted in either direction. The outer end of the shaftR isjournaled in a suitable box T, which is secured to the under side of theedge of the chair l3. To the outer end of this shaft R is attached asuitable handle U, by means of which the shaft R is made to revolve.

When the barber desires to turn the chair around upon its pivot, he hasonly to turn the shaft R by means of the handle U, when the cam'S uponthe inner end of the shaft will engage the upper wall of the slot in thearm P, rocking the chair upon the yoke L, thus throwing the rear end ofthe chair down and reds ing the front of the chair, so that the feetunder the foot-support will be raised clear of the floor, and thuspermit the chair to be freely revolved upon the base A. Projecting fromthe bearing T are stops V, against which the handle U strikes when thefront of the chair has been tilted up, and which stops limit thedownward movement of the handle in either direction.

Secured to the front of the chair-seat is the foot-frame W, and to theouter ends of this frame is pivoted the frame X, upon the top of whichis pivoted the foot-support Y. This frame X is pivoted so that theperson occupy i'ng the chair can move the support nearer to or fartherfrom the body of the chair, and thus make it accommodate the position inwhich he is sitting and to enable the footsnpport to be moved inwardlytoward the chair-seat and thus take up less room in transportation.Pivoted upon the inner side of one'end of the frame X at any suitablepoint is the toothed segment Z, to the outer corner of which is pivotedthe operating-lever A, the lower end of which is pivoted to thefootframe \V, as shown. When the frame X is moved either toward or awayfrom the chair- I body, the lever causes the segment to turn upon itspivot accordingly. Passing vertically down through a suitable guide 13on the outer side of the frame W is an cndwise-moving catch 0, which hasits lower end made to extend through a slot in the frame X, just belowthe edge of the toothed segment, and the upper edge of that portion a ofthe catch which passes through the slot engages with the segment for thepurpose of locking the frame X in any position into which it may beadjusted. The upper end of the catch is slightly recessed, so as tocorrespond to the shape of the heel of the foot and thus enable theperson sitting in the chair to place his foot upon the top of the catchand force it downwardly, so as to disengage its lower end from thesegment and thus permit him to draw the frame X either nearer to or pushit outward from him. Upon the upper end of the catch, above the guide B,is placed a spring D, one end of which is secured to the catch formoving the catch upward as soon as it is released. The moment thedownward pressure of the foot is released from this catch the springcauses the catch to instantly snap into the segment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim i 1. The combination of thechair, the pivoted back, the recessed ratcheted segments placed in theback, the lever pivoted between the two ratchets, the spring-catch whichengages With the ratchets, and the supportingrod which is pivoted to thelever at its upper end and to the seat at its lower end, substantiallyas shown.

2. The combination of the chair, the yoke journaled in its under sideand provided with the pivot which extends into the base, and the slottedarm with the shaft provided with a cam upon its inner end and a handleupon its outer end, whereby the chair can be tilted on the yoke so as toraise the front of the chair, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the chair, the footframe secured to its front, theframe X, pivoted at its lower end to the said frame, the toothed segmentZ, pivoted upon the frame X, a rod connected at one end to the saidsegment and at its opposite end to the foot-frame, and a catch whichengages the segment for looking it against rotation, substantially asshown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. FERST.

Witnesses:

T. B. MYERs, W. H. JOHNSON.

